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KNOX – Why a long, long bridge (or tunnel) from the mainland won’t work

March 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

HERE’S WHY a bridge linking Vancouver Island to the mainland is a non-starter: • Why would we build a bridge? We just made our last payment on the moat. • Moving to [Continue]

KNOX – ‘Compassion and love’ behind chain of humanity at mosque

March 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

SOMETIMES IT’S IMPORTANT to just get off your butt, stick your hand in the air and say you’re on the side of love and humanity. “All the people showing up today, [Continue]

KNOX – Do Fido a big favour and don’t toss your roach or leave edibles out

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

IT WASN’T A BIG DOG that staggered into the Juan de Fuca Veterinary Clinic, but not a super-small one, either. Probably weighed 20 pounds. “We don’t know what’s [Continue]

KNOX – Be careful what you wear – clothing is piling up in our landfills

March 10, 2019 // 6 Comments

NEWS ITEM: Fashion-conscious British Columbians are clogging landfills with discarded clothing.“ Is that a new shirt?” she asked.“Yes,” I replied brightly. “I [Continue]

KNOX – Host the Oscars? No way, I don’t want to be mobbed on social media

February 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE ACADEMY AWARDS are on tonight, and I am afraid. Afraid that in the absence of all other alternatives, I will be grabbed off the street and press-ganged into hosting the [Continue]

KNOX – Great Bear Rainforest film a ‘catalyst for conversation’

February 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

IAN McALLISTER’S new Great Bear Rainforest film isn’t just an Imax movie. It’s an international awareness project meant to help save a breathtaking, fragile [Continue]

KNOX – Dr. Zhivago meets Fargo – Victoria finally gets a taste of winter

February 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

HERE IS THE ULTIMATE tragedy for a child: A snow day — on a Friday no less! — that isn’t. It was at 11 a.m., around the time that many West Shore drivers were figuring [Continue]

KNOX – In the hinterland, legislature fuss feeds disconnect with capital

January 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

CHERYL-ANN ABERNATHY doesn’t know much about the allegations of improper spending at the legislature but they don’t surprise her. Lots of things go on in Victoria’s [Continue]

KNOX – Already hitting The Wall on those New Year’s resolutions

January 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

NEWS ITEM: Samsung has unveiled a 219-inch television nicknamed The Wall. “We need one,” I said. She tried to change the subject: “Did you read about that woman in [Continue]

KNOX – Well-known B.C. sports writer Jim Taylor was a childhood hero

January 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

“NOBODY WANTS to do funny anymore,” Jim Taylor would say, every time we talked. “They’re all so serious.” I would respond by furrowing my brow and nodding seriously [Continue]

KNOX – Even a map dowser couldn’t turn up winning $1 million lotto ticket

January 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

THIS HURTS. Hurts almost as much as Canada’s loss to Finland in the world juniors. Worse, if you’re a lottery player. A $1-million lottery ticket that was sold in [Continue]

KNOX – Yes, you’re in Canada, and Victoria is a hockey town

December 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

DEAR HOCKEY FANTS/ PARTISANS du jeu de la dipsy-doodle, On behalf of Canada/le grand pink bit sur la map, I would like to welcome/bienvenue you to Victoria, home to the world [Continue]

KNOX – A Christmas story in need of a happy ending

December 16, 2018 // 1 Comment

I MISS STUART McLEAN. Or, rather, I miss Dave and Morley, the characters the late CBC Radio storyteller created for The Vinyl Cafe. I miss them even though Dave, an unmade [Continue]

KNOX – And the award for the most abused word ever goes to…… awesome!

November 25, 2018 // 3 Comments

AWESOME IS AWFUL. “A perfectly good word rendered meaningless by everyone using it all the time when so many other words would be more suitable,” opined Lori Hamilton of [Continue]